It would seem that the installation of any hardtop on the truck bed of a pick-up is dead easy - it’s just an accessory! At the very beginning, it should be mentioned that the incorrect installation of the hardtop may cause damage to the hardtop itself, car paint - mainly in the upper part of the truck bed walls, and problems with the vehicle’s electronics when the electric system is not properly connected.
Each manufacturer should provide its hardtop with an installation manual prepared in a clear manner which leaves no room for second-guessing.
Разнообразие типов и особенностей кунгов (Hard Top Canopy)
На рынке представлен широкий ассортимент кунгов, каждый из которых обладает уникальными характеристиками, отвечающими различным потребностям пользователей. От прочных алюминиевых конструкций до элегантных стеклопластиковых моделей и практичных роллетных крышек - выбор огромен.
Алюминиевые кунги
- Manufactured from aluminium with stainless steel legs for extra strength, the ROCKALU Hardtop offers strength and rigidity for heavy loads.
- With large side doors for easy loading, the ROCKALU Hardtop optimises storage space without reducing the volume of the pick-up.
- Equipped with LED interior light as standard, enables you to see your load both day and night.
- The ROCKALU is fitted as standard with aero rails inside the Hardtop, offering greater modularity.
- All three doors are lockable with the addition of being padlock compatible for extra security.
- We have a huge range of accessories that are compatible to organise your interior space, such as drawers and shelving.
Стеклопластиковые кунги
The SJS Canopy / Hardtop has a reputation for strength and durability. The attractive design incorporates many practical features and has proven very successful both here, and around the world. It comes painted in the required colour. The colour coded fiberglass rear spoiler has a built in integrated 3rd brake light, fitted with tinted side opening windows with 60% tint for added security. A lockable rear glass tailgate, supported on twin gas struts and with a sliding bulkhead window and roof bars, as well as an interior light. They are finished with a grey interior, that is both durable and neat.
The Canopy / Hardtop also has the added function of holding the tailgate of the pick up in the closed position when closed, thus preventing the tailgate opening without the Canopy / Hardtop door being unlocked and opened first.
Коммерческие и профессиональные кунги
HardtopsUK now offer yet another practical Canopy / Hardtop to there wide range already available. This Canopy / Hardtop / Truck top has been manufactured for the working / commercial market but still retaining the styles and looks of our other canopies.
The Professional is the ultimate in the working/commercial Canopy / Hardtop whilst still offering gently curving lines that compliment your pick-up. This Canopy / Hardtop is hugely recognised and used by major fleets such as the NHS, Fire Brigade and many others. The Professional is built with practicality in mind with extra wide side doors for easy access. A high roof line, creating a larger volume in the pick-up to optimise the load capacity. The side and rear doors are lockable and secured with a double locking catches with opened using a single door handle, keeping the contents of your load safe.
Стилизованные кунги (под вид внедорожника)
Avenger Top's highly regarded design team has come up with a sleek new Hard top giving it the look of an SUV. The new XTC model features gently curving lines that compliment the OEM body style, an all-glass look back door and tinted, frameless side windows with convenient pop-out system. The Truck Top comes with a finished edge that serves to blend it into the truck bed, while each XTC Truck Top is painted to match your pick up.
Standard features to the XTC Canopy / Hardtop: The Truck Top is securely held in place by Avenger Top''s innovative Hidden J-hook method (No drilling). Privacy glass. Pop out windows. Front sliding window. Two tone interior roof lining with interior light. Twin gas struts for easy opening and access.
Кунги со сплошными бортами
The New EKO Solid Sided Canopy / Hardtop features gently curving lines that compliment the OEM body style. This is the ultimate way in transporting goods in style for high image companies. Using the same excellent design as the highly recognised XTC Canopy / Hardtop Avenger Top's design team have now created the XTC solid sided Canopy / Hardtop, being the strongest, best engineered commercial Canopy / Hardtop available.
The SJS Solid sided model provides a sleek extension to your pick-up with protection for your cargo. The new Solid sided model features gently curving lines that compliment the OEM body style. It also precisely matches the unique contour of the pick up enhancing the factory look. The Truck Top comes with a finished edge that serves to blend it into the truck bed, Construction features include a high-strength one-piece design, state-of-the-art manufacturing technology and the use of premium grade materials.
Standard features to the SJS Solid Sided Canopy / Hardtop: The Truck Top is securely held in place by a Non drilling clamping system. Privacy rear glass. The Truck Top also comes with spoiler with integrated LED third brake light. Hand-laid fiberglass one piece shell for added strength Individually designed for each vehicle Tempered safety glass tinted windows ("E" Marked) Front sliding window. Carpet head lining with interior light. Double locking catches with single door handle. Twin gas struts for easy opening and access.
Выдвижные крышки и роллеты
The RetraxONE MX retractable truck bed cover is part our Polycarbonate Series covers. The rigid polycarbonate construction provides superior impact resistance and ultimate UV protection allowing the cover to perform in extreme temperatures. The RetraxONE MX combines durable polycarbonate construction with an incredibly resilient matte finish.
Unlike our competition, the RetraxONE MX is manufactured out a single sheet of polycarbonate engineered to retract without joints, hinges, or moving mechanisms that can trap dust, wear out, or freeze creating a maintenance free truck bed cover. This truck bed cover features a patented low-profile design that streamlines the appearance while providing superior protection. The RetraxONE MX has a sealed ball-bearing roller system that glides effortlessly along the rail with the convenient handle that eliminates the need for pull straps, Velcro, snaps or springs. The RetraxONE MX is key lockable any position that gives you unlimited flexibility in your hauling capacity.
The Carryboy roller top now finished in satin black, this Roller Shutter / Lid is tough, stylish and secure alternative to traditional pick up cover. The fully retractable cover can be locked into 3 different positions granting you the ability to carry taller / awkward items very securely, leaving the rest of the load area covered. Constructed from ultra-strong aluminum, with a superior aluminum finish, it features a high-quality triple locking system that completely secures the pick up and tailgate, offering outstanding protection for your tools, equipment or valuables and still maintains the Pick up look, and improves Fuel Consumption by minimising wind drag. With 4 drainage points, 2 in the canister and 2 in the side rails the Roller lid directs any water outside the pick up, keep your pick up bed and its contents covered from the elements. With its aluminum construction, the Roller Top is rust-proof, weatherproof and lightweight.
Стандартные характеристики кунгов
Современные кунги предлагают множество стандартных функций для удобства и безопасности:
- Built-in drain channel.
- Integrated roof spoiler with 3rd LED light.
- Interior light.
- Tempered / Tinted safety glass windows ("E" Marked).
- Front sliding window or the option of a front fixed window.
- Twin gas struts for easy opening and access.
- Double locking catches with single door handle.
- Heat treated steel hardware.
- J-Hook method (no drilling) or Non drilling clamping system.
- 6 point clamp system.
- Tailgate catches.
- One Year Warranty...the best in the business!
The EKO PLUS Canopy / Hardtop comes with a finished edge that blends into the truck bed, while each EKO PLUS Canopy / Hardtop is painted to match OEM colours using the DuPont Base coat / Clear coat paint method and an automated drying system.
The benefits of the EKO PLUS over the standard EKO canopies are, full two tone vinyl head lining and front sliding window fitted as standard. We also stock canopies with sliding side windows, pop out windows, solid sided and side opening.
Руководство по установке кунга
Установка кунга - процесс, требующий внимания к деталям, чтобы обеспечить долговечность и правильное функционирование. Выполнение этих шагов поможет избежать повреждений и гарантировать надежность крепления.
Подготовка к установке и распаковка
Road Ranger hardtops are supplied in a cardboard box on a wooden pallet where they are positioned vertically (with the front wall down). The box should not be damaged in any way. Broken cardboard is evidence of damage in transport, which should be reported to the courier, and a damage protocol needs to be drawn up.
Look through the side holes to see on which side the hardtop roof is located, and then place the box in such a position that the hardtop is in the correct position, i.e. with the roof up. Cut the banding tapes and safety straps, open the top of the cardboard box and, taking great care, cut the bubble wrap and non-woven fabric which protects the paint from scratches. After unpacking, look over the product and check it for possible damages to the paint. Thanks to the internal protections, damages to the product during transport are extremely rare.
The package also includes a smaller cardboard box with all the necessary installation elements and documents: the hardtop’s warranty booklet, necessary instruction manuals and the so-called hardtop passport, or ABE (Allgemeine Betriebserlaubnis) document, i.e. entry into service.
Электрические подключения
In most cases, the Road Ranger hardtops are fitted with a heated rear window, third STOP light (if the vehicle does not have the third STOP light in the tailgate), hardtop's rear window lock integrated with the vehicle’s central locking system, interior LED lighting and central lock or side flap/window actuators. Therefore, you need to connect the electrical power supply from the battery and other functions by connecting wires to the appropriate socket.
In most vehicles, the harness is pulled through the hole in the bodywork near the left rear lamp after it has been removed. In the basic versions of hardtops fitted only with internal (manually-operated) LED lighting, and possibly with the third STOP light, the hardtop is connected “in short”, i.e. by connecting to the vehicle’s rear lamp.
Установка кунга на пикап
Подготовка кузова пикапа
After the electrical wiring harnesses have been pulled through and connected, but before the hardtop has been mounted, prepare and secure the vehicle’s truck bed. Start with protection of the technological holes in the truck bed through which water may penetrate in the case of heavy rainfalls or when washing the car under high pressure. Next, degrease the upper edges of the truck bed walls and cover them with the transparent tape included in the installation kit to protect the paint at the contact point of the hardtop with the vehicle’s truck bed.
Note! This is the right moment to mention that any accessories such as hardtop, hard tonneau cover or roll cover must not be installed on an over-rail polyethylene bedliner, i.e. where the edges cover the upper part of the truck bed. For installation of the above-mentioned accessories, under-rail bedliners are used.
Road Ranger RH04 and RH05 hardtops are supplied with tailgarte water protectors, i.e. thermoformed plastic components (ABS), which provide extra sealing at the sensitive points, i.e. the gaps on the left and right side of the vehicle’s tailgate. Protectors are fitted with rivets included in the installation kit or (for Ford Ranger) with the use of the original components in the area of the rear lamp. Fitting a tub liner before any other accessory is straightforward advice that saves money long term. A quality liner protects the factory tub from scratches, gouges and the rust that follows when the factory coating is compromised. It also reduces gear movement and helps protect cargo from damage in transit.
Монтаж кунга
When the vehicle’s truck bed has been prepared, you can carefully mount the hardtop with the hardtop's rear window open. This should preferably be done by four people. Check and position the hardtop in accordance with the manual and visual fitting. The distance between the hardtop and the vehicle cab should be consistent with the distance between the cab and the truck bed, and visually make one whole. After the correct positioning, you may start screwing in the mounting clamps using a torque wrench with a force set as specified in the manual. The rear window seal must be mounted on the edge of the previously fitted water protectors.
Регулировка и техническое обслуживание
All hardtops are mounted in the factory on support frames which exactly reflect the vehicle’s truck bed and the moving parts, such as side flaps/windows and rear window. They are checked and regulated before packing. Pickups are commercial vehicles so the manufacturers allow dimensional differences, e.g. the diagonals of the truck bed on vehicles of the same brand may vary from a few to even several millimetres. Therefore, in the event when the tailgate latches (left, right, both) do not close properly, adjust the rods or halter positions. The correct position of the hardtop also affects this.
During the standard maintenance check, however not less frequently than every 30,000 km, the hardtop should also be subject to a short inspection, i.e. it should be checked for the proper positioning and tightening of the mounting clamps, and the system of latches, halters and tie rods should be checked for the trouble-free opening and closing of the rear window and side flaps/windows.
Особенности установки и совместимости для моделей Mazda
The third-generation Mazda BT-50, launched in Australia in late 2020, is a fundamentally different ute from the model it replaced. Built on Isuzu underpinnings rather than the Ford Ranger platform used by the previous generation, the 2020+ BT-50 brought a wider tray, longer wheelbase, and a fresh accessories market that's grown significantly since.
One of the most important things to understand about the TF-series BT-50 (2020 onward) is that it shares its platform, chassis, engine and running gear with the Isuzu D-Max. They are mechanical twins. What this means for canopy buyers: accessories designed for the Isuzu D-Max (2020+) will generally fit the Mazda BT-50 (2020+).
The tub rail profiles, mounting points and tray dimensions are shared across both vehicles. Important: This cross-compatibility applies only to the 2020+ TF-series BT-50. The previous-generation BT-50 (2011-2020) was built on a Ford Ranger platform and used entirely different tub dimensions.
The tub is notably wider between the wheel arches than many competitors, giving more usable flat floor space for drawers and storage systems. All dual-cab pick-up variants share the same tub dimensions listed above.
A fibreglass canopy weighs approximately 60 kg; add drawers, a fridge and recovery gear and you can comfortably account for 150-200 kg before cargo. The UniUte Force Pro BT-50 Canopy is designed specifically for the 2020-2026 TF-series BT-50 dual cab. Installation requires no drilling into the tub, and the canopy is designed to match the BT-50's contour lines seamlessly.
Generation check: Only the TF-series BT-50 (2020 onward) is compatible with the accessories listed here. Dual cab pick-up only: All canopy options covered in this guide apply to dual-cab pick-up body styles. Sports bar conflict: If your BT-50 has a factory or aftermarket sports bar, soft roll-up tonneau covers won't fit cleanly.
The 2020+ BT-50 is a better base for a canopy build than many people expect. Tradie daily driver: Force Pro fibreglass canopy + ute drawers + tub liner. Frequent site visits needing quick access: Roller shutter + sliding tray. Weekend touring and camping: Force Pro canopy + drawers + sliding tray + tub liner. Light cargo and weather protection on a budget: Soft roll-up tonneau cover or foldable lid.
